Sit-n-Sew - new location

Sit-n-Sew for Guild members is this Tuesday, June 21, 10 am. till 3 pm. at its new location - St. Johns Episcopal Church.  Feel free to do handwork or bring a machine and enjoy the fellowship. Sit-n-Sew is usually the third Tuesday, please note exceptions on the Program Calendar page. A donation of $5 to the church is appreciated.

2016 Quilt Show

PASS THE TIARA – "Rhythm Of Life"

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2016 Pass the Tiara – "Rhythm Of Life" show between April 29, 30 and May 1. The show highlighted quilts by our featured quilters, Helen Mudd and Marcia Stanick, and our members' quilts – the Song Title Challenge, Round Robins, Mystery Quilt, a variety of small to large, oldies and innovative/art quilts.

Our thanks to the Midland County Historical Society and the Max Carey Blacksmith Guild for their continuing support.

Viewers voted on their favorites in eight categories. First, second and third places are shown in the following photos (click a photo to enlarge it).

Challenge Quilt: Kathy Allbee, Leslie Peterson, MaryAnn Howard Round Robin Quilt: Amy Brokaw, Jackie Fellows, Beverly Hill	Mystery Quilt: Nancy McCallum, Deb Badour, Marcia Streeter Large Quilt: Nancy Wyse, Linda McGibbon, Sue Gelderbloom
Lap/Twin Quilt: Beth Gardner, Phyllis Roberts, Marylin Johanson Miniature/Wall Quilt: Nancy Wyse, Leslie Peterson, Missy Hall	Miscellaneous: Kathy Allbee, MaryAnn Howard, Karen Adamcik Oldies: Leslie Peterson, Phyllis Roberts, Donna Leinberger

Celestial Stars - Block of the Month

Celestial Stars

Celestial Stars will be the 2016-2017 Block of the Month. It is an original design by Guild member Linda McGibbon (Lakeview Quilting) who is chairing the project. This is the sixth year that Linda will be doing the Block of the Month. Other projects have included Diamond Jubilee from Equilter Magazine, Wheels & Gears and Grande Finale (Linda's designs), Judy Neimeyer's Prairie Star and Jacqueline DeJonge's Stars of Light. For more information about the Celestial Stars project please go to the Block of the Month page.

Several other quilts by Linda were displayed at Anthology Fabric Booth at the May Quilt Spring Market in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Drunken Pineapple upper right	Eye of the Storm top back quilt under the concession sign
Casseopia left upper corner	Perseus lower corner by the lady in the chair

Breast cancer pillows

One of the Guild's charity projects is done in cooperation with Midland Cancer Services and distributed by the Women's Health Center. Breast cancer pillows are made for post mastectomy patients. Guild members make the pillows using a template. Later Velcro is added to the strap, pillows are stuffed, the opening is pinned and hand sewn so the seam remains flat and a card is added to each finished pillow. Approximately 25 pillows are distributed each month. The following photos were taken at a recent work session (click a photo to enlarge it).

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